Improvement in plows



NITED STATES JAMES O. BELL, OF LEBANON, INDIANA.

IMPROVEMENT IN PLOWS.

Speciteation forming part of Letters Patent No. 91,383, dated August 31, 1869.

` To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, J. C. BELL, ot Lebanon, in the countyof Boone and State ot' Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Plows; and I do hereby declare that the `following is a full, clear, and eXnct de scription thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, and to the letters ot' reference marked thereon, which forms a part of this specification, in Which Figure l is a perspective view of my plow.

The nature ot' my invention consists in the construction ot' a clod-fender and in the mode of attaching it to a plow.

A represents the beam ofmy plow; b b, the handles; and c c, the standards, to which the shovels are attached. The two standards cpc are bolted to opposite sides ot' beanlA, the standard on the righthand side of the beam being in advance of the one on the left.

E designates a clod-fender formed of horizontal ribs g, the front end of' said ribs being made solid with the lower rib, g', which inclinesout and upward at an angle of about forty-tive degrees, and is bent in a horizontal position near its end, so as to enter the clip m. The hinder end ot' the upper rib,g,is furnished with a vertical attachment, n, which has a slot ging, I secure the lateral bar d to ribs g, near their front end. The action of said bar will break and divide the earth as it is thrown up from the furrow, and thus prevent it trom adhering to the ribs g.

It will be observed that the holt which ronnes bar h to beam A is made with an oblong head,so that when placed in one direction the head will pass through the slot in h; butwhen the head is placed at right anglvswith the slot it will bind the bar /L tirmlyto the plow-beam.

It' it is desired to remove the clad-fender from the plow, all that is necessary will be to raise the inner end ot' bar h from the head 'of bolt t, as above described, turn the bar hedge upward an'd release it from the slot in n, and then disengage the rib g from the clip m., and the object is effected.

To the hinder end of' beam A, I attach the rod f, which is bent outward at its lower end and tiattenexl. This rod may serve as a fulcrum to facilitate the raising the shovels ont of the earth when necessary.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to seeurtl by Letters Patent,

The combination and arrangement ot' elodfender E, bar L, clip m, brani A, and fulcrnmrodf, substantially as and for the purpose specitied.

In testimony that l claim the foregoing as my own I atix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

JAMES (l. BELL.A

Witnesses:

CHRISTIAN S. WEsNER, ABRAM O. MlLLEn. 

